On 20/08/10 21:13, jr wrote:
hi Clive,
With:-
sudo gedit /var/log/gdm/:0.log (thanks Dan)
Got into :0.log but did not understand what was listed, large file, is there
any way to save file and post to you without copy to list? Assume I can
give different name with 'save as' from getdit and save to my documents
area; without causing problems?
Also don't know if what I'm seeing is latest start up info as it started OK
for last 2x.
on my system (slackware) the X server's log file is *overwritten*
every time X starts up.
to save the file you could simply copy it to your home directory, eg:
sudo cp /var/log/gdm/:0.log ~/old.0.log
Might be better with:
sudo cp /var/log/gdm/:0.log ~/old.0.log; sudo chown $USER ~/old.0.log
Otherwise the file will still have root ownership I think.
If you want to share it, you could do:
sudo cat /var/log/gdm/:0.log | xsel -i
Then create a new mail message and click the middle mouse button to paste the
log in where you want.
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